Cuttica Sir Robert Filmer (1588–1653) and the patriotic monarch

Patriarchalism in seventeenth-century political thought
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78499-227-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

Reihe: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain

Looks at one of the most unpopular and criticised thinkers in the history of political thought, to provide an illuminating and innovative picture of Sir Robert Filmer (1588–1653) and patriarchalism. This thoroughly researched work will appeal to all those interested in early modern politics and ideas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cuttica, Cesare

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part I
1. Filmer: his life and cultural interests
2. From Kent with anger: Patriarcha versus Thomas Scott’s country patriotism
3. Filmer’s patriarchalism versus Jesuit political ideas
4. Filmer’s patriarchalism in context: ‘popularity’, King James VI and I, Parliament and monarchists
5. Writing in the early Caroline regime and the issue of Patriarcha’s non-publication
6. Filmer in the 1640s and 1650s: political troubles and intellectual activism
Part II
7. Publishing in the Exclusion Crisis (1679-81): Patriarcha between fatherhood and fatherland
8. Much ado about nothing? Edmund Bohun’s rehabilitation of Patriarcha, the issue of allegiance and Adamite anti-republicanism
9. Patriarchalism versus patriotism in practice: Patriarcha from the Rye House Plot (1683) to the Glorious Revolution (1688-89)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cuttica Cesare:
'Cesare Cuttica is Lecturer in British History in the Department of Anglo-American Studies (DEPA), Université Paris 8-Vincennes and he is a member of the Sussex Centre for Intellectual History, University of SussexCesare Cuttica is Marie Curie Fellow in Intellectual History in the Department of History at the University of Sussex